Glasgow, Great Western Road, 8 Great Western Terrace, Burrell's House

Part of the terrace designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, c.1869. The house was bought by shipping magnate, Sir William Burrell in 1902 and the original Thomson Greek and Egyptian inspired interior was replaced by Burrell's friend, Sir Robert Lorimer. The staircase with it's decorative newel posts of carved animals survives, but the rest of the house has been more or less stripped out in potential readiness for large scale redevelopment.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.

1-11 Great Western Terrace, 1869, Alexander Thomson

The most severe and monumental of the Great Western Road terraces is a long terrace of simply detailed houses, generally of two storeys and basement, with two-house three-storey pavilions located one house from each end, visually creating the illusion of the two-storey block penetrating the taller blocks. This was a unique and successful feature adopted to visually reduce the length of the building. Projecting porches incorporate Ionic columns, deep corbelled eaves and delicate cast-iron railings to basement areas. It is built on a raised level platform. The steps and ramps at each end were cleverly adapted by William Holford & Associates when the road became an Expressway. Notable interiors and top-lit galleried stairwells.

Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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Architect:

Alexander 'Greek' Thomson

Sir Robert Lorimer

Alterations 1902 - 1903